Personal Info
Born March 16, 1951, Albany KY
Married, wife Janet
Two Daughters, Jamie Edwards, Karissa Jones
One Son, John
Seven Grandchildren
Four Great Grandchildren
Southern Baptist
Graduate, Pickett County High School
Attended Belmont University
Committees
Member, Commerce Committee
Member, Disaster Relief Committee of Extraordinary Session
Member, Judiciary Committee
Member, Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Member, Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee
Community Involvement
House member of the 107th through 114th General Assemblies
1994-1998, Pickett County Executive
Member, Macon, Clay, Pickett, Fentress, and Scott Counties Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors, Children's Center of the Cumberlands
Member, National Rifle Association
Member, Tennessee State Employee Association
Honors & Awards
2025 Upper Cumberland Development District "Legislator of the Year" Award
2024 Upper Cumberland Development District “Legislator of the Year” Award
2023 Tennessee Ambulance Service Association (TASA), John Fitzsimmons EMS Advocate of the Year Award
2020 Tennessee Mining Association’s “Legislator of the Year”
2019 Macon County Chamber of Commerce “Person of the Year”
2019 County Officials Association of Tennessee “Legislator of the Year”
2019 Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council’s “Legislator of the Year”
2018 Tennessee Federation For the Aging “Legislator of the Year”
2018 Upper Cumberland Development District Legislator of the Year
2016 Upper Cumberland Development District Legislator of the Year
2015 Upper Cumberland EMS Directors Association Legislator of the Year
2015 East Tennessee Development District Legislator of the Year
2014 Rural Health Association of Tennessee Legislator of the Year
2013 Upper Cumberland Development District Legislator of the Year
2012 Upper Cumberland Development District Legislator of the Year
2012 East Tennessee Development District Legislator of the Year
State representatives write and vote on state laws and the state budget. Each represents a district in the legislature's lower chamber, which is called the House, the Assembly, or the House of Delegates depending on the state. Most serve two-year terms.
